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Mesoscale Discussion 2583

December 9, 20036 counties in Arkansas; 11 counties in Oklahoma; 34 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Dec 9, 2003, 5:43 AM CST for 6 counties in Arkansas; 11 counties in Oklahoma; 34 counties in Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Dec 9, 2003, 5:43 AM CST (11:43 UTC)
Expired: Dec 9, 2003, 8:15 AM CST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 51 counties

Howard County, AR, Little River County, AR, Polk County, AR, Scott County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Sevier County, AR, Atoka County, OK, Bryan County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, Coal County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, McCurtain County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Anderson County, TX, Bowie County, TX, Camp County, TX, Cass County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Collin County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Delta County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Falls County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Freestone County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Henderson County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Leon County, TX, Limestone County, TX, Marion County, TX, McLennan County, TX, Morris County, TX, Navarro County, TX, Rains County, TX, Red River County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, Smith County, TX, Titus County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 978Dec 9, 7:35 AM CST

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 9, 7:35 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Howard, Johnson and 11 more	5 hr
Dec 9, 10:37 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia, Conway and 30 more	113 min
Dec 9, 12:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland and 23 more	5 hr
Dec 9, 3:45 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Arkansas, Ashley, Chicot, Desha, Drew, Jefferson and 9 more	2 hr
Dec 9, 5:16 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Arkansas, Ashley, Chicot, Clay, Cleburne, Craighead and 22 more	59 min
Dec 9, 8:38 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Grimes and 13 more	67 min
Dec 9, 9:00 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Austin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Colorado and 19 more	4 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2003 Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2003 Every mesoscale discussion in 2003

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.